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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting and disseminating information regarding |
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public school disciplinary actions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 37.020, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.020. REPORTS RELATING TO SUSPENSIONS, EXPULSIONS, |
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AND DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM PLACEMENTS. |
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SECTION 2. Section 37.020, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: |
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(f) For each suspension under Section 37.005, the district |
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shall report: |
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(1) information identifying the student, including |
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the student's race, sex, and date of birth and whether the student |
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is in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, or |
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covered by Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. |
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Section 794), that will enable the agency to compare placement data |
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with information collected through other reports; |
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(2) information indicating the basis for the |
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suspension; |
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(3) the number of full or partial days the student was |
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suspended; and |
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(4) the number of suspensions that were inconsistent |
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with the guidelines included in the student code of conduct under |
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Section 37.001(a)(3). |
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(g) The agency shall make information collected under this |
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section, disaggregated by race, sex, and age of the student and |
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whether the student is in a special education program under |
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Subchapter A, Chapter 29, or covered by Section 504, Rehabilitation |
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Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), available to the public in a |
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manner that does not identify an individual student. The agency |
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shall also make the information available to the public in a manner |
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showing all intersectional data for the categories described by |
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this subsection. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |